any reason...other than march 20th being this tuesday?
"Speculation"
any reason...other than march 20th being this tuesday?
"Speculation"
I'm not predicting anything. But I'll support the logic behind MacInDoc's timelines. They jive with my own imagination as well. Good call MacInDoc.That graphic was not intended by Apple to be posted yet, but the fact that it was even there likely indicates that Apple is in the final preparation to release it. I agree with those who are predicting a release on Tues. March 20. Then, to keep its place in the public mindshare, the following releases will occur:
1. OS x 10.5, iLife '07 and iWork '07 - end of April
2. Santa Rosa-based iMacs, MBs, MBPs and Minis - end of May or early June
3. iPhone - end of June
4. full-screen touchscreen iPods - August
These "accidental leaks" were a really cool way to stir up the rumor mills, for about the first 50 times! Jeez, when is this gonna end? By now there's no doubt that they are doing this on purpose. Changing a product description on such a major site is not a trivial task that can be done accidentally. You really need to get in there in the database and locate the right field and type in the new stuff. They do this on purpose. Well, after all is said and done, I prefer knowing about what's coming than being clouded by uncertainty. 8-core is coming, baby!
While I'm not debating whether or not this was done on purpose, you have obviously never worked with an elegant CMS (content management system). I have no knowledge whatsoever of what kind of system Apple has in the back end, but I have worked on systems where such a mistake can happen by selecting "Publish" instead of "Save draft" from a drop down menu while prepping content for the future. These kinds of systems are set up so that people like product managers can have little knowledge of databases, and still be able to maintain their product line. My personal suspicion is that the site was "Under Maintenance" for so long, because they may have had to contact the product manager to update the content to the current line of Mac Pro's before they would take the maintenance flag off...